Physician III - Transplant​/IEI

Job

Employee Type: exempt full-time

Division:
Clinical Research Directorate

Facility: NIH

Location:

NIH Campus 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA

The Frederick National Laboratory is operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. The lab addresses some of the most urgent and intractable problems in the biomedical sciences in cancer and AIDS, drug development and first-in-human clinical trials, applications of nanotechnology in medicine, and rapid response to emerging threats of infectious diseases.

Within Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. (operator of the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research), the Clinical Research Directorate (CRD) provides clinical supervision of programs at the clinical end of the research spectrum. The quality assurance programs provide the required autonomy and transparency of Good Manufacturing Practice quality assurance operations. CRD also provides operational support for clinical research and supports clinical trials management, regulation, pharmacovigilance, and protocol development/protocol navigations.

These support services include dedicated clinical research professionals who provide patient care to clinical trial participants at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, and other research services that support the domestic and international clinical research initiatives of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and several other institutes within NIH. CRD’s support services are strategically aligned with its mission to provide comprehensive, dedicated support to assist NIH researchers in providing the highest quality of clinical research in compliance with applicable regulations and guidelines, maintaining data integrity, protecting human subjects, and helping to advance scientific clinical research.

CRD facilitates the conduct of NIH-sponsored clinical trials that investigate the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, influenza, HIV, infectious diseases and emerging health challenges like Ebola virus and COVID-19, parasitic infections, heart, lung and blood disorders, and rare and neglected diseases. CRD’s collaborative approach to clinical research support and the expertise and dedication of staff to the continuation and success of CRD’s mission has contributed to improving the overall standards of public health on a global scale.

• Provides inpatient and outpatient consultative Infectious Disease care for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) Patients
• Provides consultative  for Primary immunodeficient patients, oncology, CAR‑T cell as well as non‑transplant patients who have Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI)
• Teaches trainees at all levels who rotate through the Transplant and IEI service
• Provide support for inpatient and outpatients with IEI
• Oversees a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive care for patients with IEI
• Participates in the multidisciplinary care of HSCT inclusive of pre‑transplant evaluation and post‑transplant
• Completes in‑depth documentation through written progress notes, dictation summaries, and communication with referring physicians according to medical record documentation requirements
• Participates in clinical rounds and conferences
• Administers and adjusts trial medication under the guidance of the Principal Investigator and protocol requirements
• Explains discharge instructions and medication regimens to patients and follow up with consulting service recommendations
• Orders, performs, and interprets basic laboratory diagnostic/treatment tests and procedures
• Performs comprehensive health care assessments by obtaining health and family medical histories
• Completes physical examinations
• Performs minor surgeries (incisional and excisional biopsies)
• Maintains and completes medical records
• Places orders for medications and tests
• Distinguishes between normal and abnormal findings and determine which findings need further evaluation and/or collaboration assessment
• Develops and implements a plan for care,…